# Hurricane Florence **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 8, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-florence/821003 "2018-09-08T15:45:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-florence/821003/121 "2018-09-17T16:34:56Z")
My friend in Wilmington left his house Thursday night and went to stay at his work, which is a retirement home. They had generators and stuff. They didn’t get the massive flooding at work but they did have to move their cars as the water rose. There’s water getting in to their building at some parts but the generators are working for the most part. He went back to his house today and it looks fine. Lots of trees down, and a big tree hit his neighbor’s house but everyone was ok. In other news, I saw a video from Chapel Hill this morning. Flooding on Franklin St. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-florence/821003/122 "2018-09-17T16:49:42Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > My friend in Wilmington left his house Thursday night and went to stay at his work, which is a retirement home. They had generators and stuff. They didn’t get the massive flooding at work but they did have to move their cars as the water rose. There’s water getting in to their building at some parts but the generators are working for the most part. > > He went back to his house today and it looks fine. Lots of trees down, and a big tree hit his neighbor’s house but everyone was ok. > > In other news, I saw a video from Chapel Hill this morning. Flooding on Franklin St. It was actually worse in Chapel Hill last night and this morning than it was over the weekend! ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-florence/821003/123 "2018-10-04T17:09:50Z")
Well, [something has happened in Florence post-Florence](https://www.wyff4.com/article/active-shooter-suspect-in-custody-in-florence-county-sc-5-officers-have-been-shot/23587053). ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-florence/821003/124 "2018-10-04T17:14:40Z")
My family is renting a house in the Outer Banks later this month. Good news is that the place survived (main stuff was south) Brian ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-florence/821003/125 "2018-10-04T17:33:26Z")
Besides the water people are complaining about very big mosquitoes–a few billion or so: [https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/enormous-aggressive-mosquitoes-swarm-florence-ravaged-parts-of-north-carolina/70006233](https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/enormous-aggressive-mosquitoes-swarm-florence-ravaged-parts-of-north-carolina/70006233) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-florence/821003.md?page=6)